The Human Skin Microbiome Associates with the Outcome of and Is Influenced by Bacterial Infection

The Human Skin Microbiome Associates with the Outcome of and Is Influenced by Bacterial Infection

ABSTRACT The influence of the skin microbiota on host susceptibility to infectious agents is largely unexplored. The skin harbors diverse bacterial species that may promote or antagonize the growth of an invading pathogen. We developed a human infection model for Haemophilus ducreyi in which human v...

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Main Authors: Julia J. van Rensburg, Huaiying Lin, Xiang Gao, Evelyn Toh, Kate R. Fortney, Sheila Ellinger, Beth Zwickl, Diane M. Janowicz, Barry P. Katz, David E. Nelson, Qunfeng Dong, Stanley M. Spinola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-10-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01315-15

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01315-15

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